Salmon, walnuts, and kiwi make you smart….but hold off on the fried chicken

Eating salmon will keep your cognitive abilities up and stave off mental illness

It’s a cold Sunday night in Toronto in deep February. The weather is lousy, it’s dark, and you feel miserable. Nothing to better cheer you up than some pasta aka “comfort food”. We all know that certain foods do certain things to our mood, but what about to our brains? Brain Food can enhance our cognitive abilities, protect our brain from damage, and counteract the effects of aging as well as preserve our mental health. Read which foods make us smart and why in Food for Thought from The Economist.